title: Child homicide in Cairo from 2006 to 2010: characteristics and trends.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Crimes towards children have drawn public attention over the decades. Several studies have been conducted to determine the risk factors of victimizing children. Conducting studies of this crime in Cairo, the capital city of Egypt, would help in understanding the motives behind it in such a densely populated area.
  A review of death charts was conducted in Zeinhom morgue in the years of 2006-2010 to study the trends and characteristics of child homicide in Cairo. The cut-off for a child age was at 18 years. Data related to the victim and offender was collected.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Child homicides represented 7.97% of total child deaths in the studied period. Most of them (25%) fall in the age group of 1-6 years. Females were the majority in the age group of 12-18 years (89%). The offender was the father in 28% of cases and the cause of death was mainly trauma to the head (42%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Further studies should be conducted to discern the risk factors of this crime in Cairo with special considerations to the motives behind murdering females in teen ages.
authors.affiliation: Center of Forensic and Legal Medicine, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: alsaifd@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Dalia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Alsaif
authors.forename: Kholoud
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alsowayigh
authors.forename: Maram
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alfaraidy
authors.forename: Marwa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Albayat
authors.forename: Ghada
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alshamsi
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aldosary
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Madadin
authors.forename: Mostafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Afify
authors.forename: Magdy
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kharoshah
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000401:mortality; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003288:Contusions / Q000473:pathology; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000401:mortality; D003681:Dehydration / Q000473:pathology; D004534:Egypt; D005220:Fathers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution
keywords: Cairo; Child homicide; Egypt; Rape homicide